Table decoration



G. GERLING ER TABLE DECORATION June 7, 1927. 1,631,631

Filed Feb. 16. 1926 giving lightduring themeal. Such vases or to hold, a loose ,fibrous materialsuch as moss .so that the 'JWHBS of the frame or holder Patented June '2', 192.7.

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MO NT-EBELLO, CALIFORNIA,

TABLE DECORATION.

Application filed February bowls used, for holding theflowers, are frequently ornamental and costly, and the can- .dlesticks for the candles, if ornamental, are also usually expensive.

. The .generalobject of this invention is'to provide a very simpleand inexpensive table decoration which ,willoperate as ,a holder for ,flowers and. fora candle or candles.

According ,to my invention, I provide a. s mple ,dev cewwhlch may be constructed ofv wire for a few cents but which will operate will be concealed; 'and gI also provide the frame with a candle-holder which: is preferably attached to the bottom of the mossholder and in such a way that the candle holder may also belconcealed by the moss. While the fibrous .material or the moss itself may be ornamental it also from its nature enables the stems of the flowers to be readily stuck into it; in this way a very attractive and ornamemtal floral and candle-light effect is attained. 1

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists of the novel parts and combination of parts to be described hereinafter, all of which contribute to produce an eificienttable decoration.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is described in the following specification, while the scope of the invention is pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a. plan of a device embodying features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the device shown. in Figure 1 and also indicating the manner in which the fibrous substance, flowers and the candle are held by the device.

Figure 3 is a plan showing another embodiment of the invention.

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on the line H of Figure 3 upon an enlarged scale, the body of the device being broken away. p practicing the invention, I provide a for fibrous material, This material c, 1926. Serial nolsasaz.

may be artificialor natural, for example moss, vines'or the like. 'Ih'eholder is pref erably in theform of a light frame constructed of wire. To this frame, I attach one or more candle holders preferablyatpletely surrounded by moss and flowers. The loose fibrous character ofithe moss en- 7 ables itto be easily penetrated by the stems of the flowers incompleting the table decoration.

Referring to the vention, shown in Figures 1 an'd 2, the device consists of alight frame '1 which may be constructed of co per or galvani'zediron wire. This frame, or convenience, is pref erably of circularform and comprises a circular bottom wire 2, the oppos'ite'sides of which are connected by a plurality of diametrically placedcrossebarsfi, also-of wire. 7

The devi'ce also includes an upper circular wire 4 whiehis connected'to thebaseor bottom wire 2 aplurality of vertical wires or standards .5. The points'of contact of the be connected by solder or brazing. The bottom of the device may include an inner circular wire 6 of smaller diameter than the bottom wire 2 and supported on the upper sides of the diametrically placed wires 3.

Preferably at the center of the bottom of this frame, I provide a candle-holder 7 which is preferably in the form of a light wire bent into a coil of a suitable diameter to fit neatly around the shaft of a candle 8. The lower end of this coil may have an integral extension or foot 9, the end of which is soldered or brazed to one of the cross-wires at the point 10. The lowest convolution 11 of the coil 7 should also be secured'by solder at several points, for example, the points 12 and 13, where it is in contact with the cross-wires. In using the device, I fill the frame or holder 1 with a loose fibrous material 14 which may be artificial or natural. It should be so tached to the'bottom of'the frame, soythat tne candle carried 1n the holder may be comembodimentof the; 111-. i

different wires sor elements of the device may "placed that the frame and the candle holder packed, but should be loose enough so that the stems of the flowers may be readily thrust down into it.

In this way, a very attractive table decoration results and an ornamental effect will to atta ined even if very few flowers are employed, although the best efiect is attained when the flowers are thickly applied .so as to give the el'li'ect of a bouquet from the center of which the candle projects. The candle extends up through the interior of the frame.

In Figures 3 and 4, I illustrate another 7 embodiment of the invention in which the effect of a relatively large table decoration is attained without. a great increase in the quantity of flowers and moss. In this embodiment of the invention, the frame 15 of the device is of annular form and composed of two upper wires 16 and 17 of circular form which are disposed at about the same level. At a plurality of points around the device, these. upper wires 16 and 17 are connected together by frame wires 18 which eX- tend downwardly and attach at theirmiddle points to abottom wire or base wire 19 which is also of circular form and of a diameter intermediate between the diameter of the wires or rings16 and 17.

At a pluralit of points around the frame,

,I provide can le holders 20 which may be in the form of coils of wire similar to the coil 7. V In using this device, the frame 15 will be filled with moss or vines applied so as to conceal. the frame and so as to aflord asup port for flowers which may be applied as indicated in Figure 2.

If desired the moss may be used in a very moist state, in which case a plate should be placed under the decoration to prevent the moisture (from wetting the table cloth.

\Vhat I claim is: I

1. A table decoration consisting of a holder formed of wire and operating to hold moss or the like, and a candle-holder attached to the moss-holder anddisposed within the same so that the candle-holder is surrounded by the moss held in the moss-holder.

2. A table decoration consisting of a mossholder formed of wire having a candle-holder formed of wire attached on the interior of the same'ln a position to be concealed by the moss held 1n the holder.

3. A table decoration consisting of a moss holder of circular form, composed of wire and having a bottom with. a candleholder attached to the bottom and extending up through the interior of the moss-holder;

4-. A table decoration consisting of a light frame composed of wire and having a candle-holder attached thereto, and a'loose fibrous material received in the frame, concealing the candle-holder and frame and operating to receive and support the stems of flowers.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 9 day of February, 1926.

GERTRUDE G R INGERQ 

